prescritas

Prescritas is a Portuguese term that can function as the feminine plural past participle of prescrever (to prescribe) or as an adjective meaning prescribed. In everyday language, it appears with feminine nouns, for example receitas prescritas (prescribed prescriptions) or ações prescritas (prescribed actions).

In a legal context, prescritas refers to rights, claims, or actions that have been extinguished by prescription. When something is prescrito, the law no longer allows it to be pursued in court because the statutory time limit to enforce it has passed. The concept aims to bring finality and certainty to rights and obligations. Time limits for prescription vary by jurisdiction and by the nature of the claim, and may be interrupted or tolled by certain events such as filing a lawsuit, acknowledgment of the debt, or partial payment, which can reset the clock in some systems.

In medical and pharmaceutical usage, prescritas denotes items issued by a health professional that must be used as directed. Phrases like receitas prescritas or medicamentos prescritos refer to prescriptions that authorize the use of specific drugs or treatments.

The term is commonly contrasted with related notions such as decadência, which in some legal systems denotes a loss of certain rights due to expiration of a fixed period, though the exact meanings and thresholds differ across jurisdictions. Prescritas thus spans both legal and medical contexts, always tied to the idea of something being designated as prescribed or having fallen under a time-based extinguishment.